{"id":31922,"date":"2018-12-20T13:30:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/?p=31922"},"modified":"2018-12-20T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T11:05:31","slug":"zoom-gphg-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/lifestyle-n-en\/zoom-en\/zoom-gphg-2018.html","title":{"rendered":"Zoom GPHG 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BOVET WINS THE \u201cAIGUILLE D\u2019OR\u201d GRAND PRIX<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The jury rewarded the exceptional <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was no shortage of emotion and surprises at the 18th Grand Prix d\u2019Horlogerie de Gen\u00e8ve, which took place on November 9th at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du L\u00e9man and was broadcast live on worldtempus.com. In carrying off the \u201cAiguille d\u2019Or\u201d Grand Prix, Bovet was rewarded both for its extraordinary R\u00e9cital 22 Grand R\u00e9cital and for its perseverance, after seeing its models nominated at the GPHG for more than ten years. Generally speaking, the jury showed a preference for exceptional timepieces and niche or independent brands rather than brands belonging to major groups. Van Cleef &amp; Arpels shone by winning two prizes for its ladies\u2019 watches (including a oneof- a-kind model), while Chanel, Herm\u00e8s, Vacheron Constantin and Seiko also found favor with the international jury. Bulgari was one of the favorite candidate brands with five selected watches (in itself a record synonymous with success) and was sometimes surprisingly pipped at the post. Two personalities elicited a particularly enthusiastic reaction from the 1,300 spectators, indeed symbolizing a bridge between generations : Rexhep Rexhepi, watchmaker and founder of the Akrivia brand, which won the Men\u2019s Watch Prize ; and Jean-Claude Biver. The entire gathering stood up to salute the talent and career of LVMH\u2019s non-executive Chairman of the watch division, who gave a moving speech punctuated by tears and bursts of laughter. Finally, GMT is proud and happy about the award received by its co-founder Pierre Jacques, now at the head of De Bethune, winner of the highly significant Chronometry award for the DB25 Starry Varius Chronom\u00e8tre Tourbillon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAiguille d\u2019Or\u201d Grand Prix<\/strong> : Bovet 1822, R\u00e9cital 22 Grand R\u00e9cital<br \/>\n<strong>Revival Prize<\/strong> : Vacheron Constantin, Historiques Triple calendrier 1942<br \/>\n<strong>Innovation Prize<\/strong> : Krayon, Everywhere Horizon<br \/>\n<strong>Ladies\u2019 Watch Prize<\/strong> : Chanel, Boy-friend Skeleton<br \/>\n<strong>Ladies\u2019 Complication Watch Prize<\/strong> : Van Cleef &amp; Arpels, Lady Arpels Planetarium<br \/>\n<strong>Men\u2019s Watch Prize<\/strong> : Akrivia, Chronom\u00e8tre Contemporain<br \/>\n<strong>Men\u2019s Complication Prize<\/strong> : Laurent Ferrier, Galet Annual Calendar School Piece<br \/>\n<strong>Chronograph Watch Prize<\/strong> : Singer Reimagined, Singer Track1 Hong Kong Edition<br \/>\n<strong>Chronometry Watch Prize<\/strong> : De Bethune, DB25 Starry Varius Chronom\u00e8tre Tourbillon<br \/>\n<strong>Mechanical Exception Watch Prize<\/strong> : Greubel Forsey, Grande Sonnerie<br \/>\n<strong>Sports Watch Prize<\/strong> : Seiko, Seiko Prospex 1968 Diver\u2019s Re-creation<br \/>\n<strong>Jewellery Watch Prize<\/strong> : Van Cleef &amp; Arpels, Secret de Coccinelle<br \/>\n<strong>Artistic Crafts Watch Prize<\/strong> : Herm\u00e8s, Arceau Robe du soir<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cPetite Aiguille\u201d Prize<\/strong> : Habring2, Doppel-Felix<br \/>\n<strong>Challenge Watch Prize<\/strong> : Nomos Glash\u00fctte, Tangente neomatik 41 Update<br \/>\n<strong>Audacity Prize<\/strong> : Konstantin Chaykin, Clown<br \/>\n<strong>Special Jury Prize<\/strong> : Jean-Claude Biver, non-executive chairman of the LVMH Watch Division, chairman of Hublot and Zenith.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Expert analysis and video available in the GPGH dossier on worldtempus.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOVET WINS THE \u201cAIGUILLE D\u2019OR\u201d GRAND PRIX The jury rewarded the exceptional There was no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":31919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1670],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31923,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31922\/revisions\/31923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}